Layin’ Down The J. Law

The Backstory Behind Jennifer Lawrence’s Unexpected New Tattoo

J.Law! J.Law! J.Law! It is told that if you shout it three times, scoop out a spoonful of peanut butter (topped off with a sprinkling of Dorito dust), and then trip on a stray sweatshirt while trying to pose for a picture, a Jennifer Lawrence anecdote will appear out of thin air.

Yes, Lawrence nearly upstaged the entire Comic-Con weekend with her meeting with Bill Murray, and then again with her quips alongside Hunger Games co-stars Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth, and then again when Hugh Jackmansat on her lap during the X-Men panel. And she also debuted a new tattoo! That’s right, our Jennifer Lawrence now has some ink. Is it a rendering of a slice of pizza? A portrait of Lisa Vanderpump? Maybe she was feeling sentimental and got a small bow and arrow to mark her work on the Hunger Games?

Nope, it’s a sign for water. Lawrence showed a reporter the small “H2O” tattoo, which is etched on her hand in a red color. And, in the grand Lawrence tradition, there is a story: “You know, I call this tattoo a watered-down rebellion because it’s not like a real tattoo,” she said. “It’s just like, I was with Liam [Hemsworth]’s family and everybody was getting tattoos and I was like, well, I’m always going to need to be hydrated, so I guess I should just get an H2O on my hand.” (It’s pretty adorable that she hangs out with the Hemsworth clan in her free time, no?)

It turns out that there is a (minor) error of sorts, in the tattoo’s execution. “It’s the color of a scar so it’s au naturel and it’s literally the most unrebellious tattoo that anybody could ever get,” she continued. “By the way, I know that the two is high and H2O the two is supposed to be low. I should’ve Googled it before I got it tattooed on my body forever.”

It is amusing to consider that at least one, maybe more, J.Law super-fan (a J.Lawyer?) will no doubt get the exact same tattoo, in the exact same place, with the exact same mis-styled “2,” to replicate their idol’s.